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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure
Self-preservation is the first law of nature
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children
Opinions have vested interests just as men have
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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